Anne reminded me today - I'm useless at remembering anniversary's - that it was a year today when we landed on Spanish soil in Santander and started the journey that would lead us to our new life in Olvera.
It has been a busy twelve months as the number of posts on this blog testify. We seem to have done so much, seen so many beautiful places, met so many lovely people - both Spanish and English - and made good friends with quite a few.
True, we have struggled with learning the language, me more so than Anne, who has been terrific in just "having a go" and because of this we have both reaped the rewards and hopefully a little respect from the Olvereños. Thanks are due to our tutor Estibaliz at the Adult Education Centre, our fellow students and to José who comes round to the house once a week to extend not only our language skills but also our understanding of the history and culture of Andalucia.
A special thanks must also go to José and Carmen at the Pensioners Centre, whose endless patience has been such a bonus together with the welcome we have received by all the members.
There are so many others of course, both here in Olvera and those resident elsewhere in the world whose paths we have crossed along the way. You have all contributed to our lives and made our time here that much richer.
We have taken so many pictures over the last twelve months but I think these two reflect where we are now.
Our lovely former house in Ruscombe, Gloucestershire with our faithfull Mondeo "Mavis" parked outside, two days before we left the UK.
So many fond memories.
This picture was taken on the last day of our first visit to Olvera.
After this, our destiny was sealed.
Linked posts:
Arrival in Olvera
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